Answer:
Five grounds upon which the registrar can lawfully refuse to register a partnership in Ghana, include;
(a) the partnership is not one that can be registered under the Incorporated Private Partnerships Act, 1962 (ACT 152) ;
(b) the business which the partnership intends to practice or is presently practicing is unlawful;
(c) the name of the firm does not accurately represent it or is distasteful;
(d) any of the partners is a child or mentally unstable or a person who, in the last five years, has been found guilty of a crime or illegal activity, whether convicted or not, in connection with any trade or business.
(e) the document filled by the partners is incomplete, not readable, inaccurate, irregular, or on paper insufficiently durable to be suitable for registration.
Explanation:
The INCORPORATED PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ACT, 1962 (ACT 152), which has undergone a series of amendments provides the rules with which Private partnerships can be duly registered in Ghana. The registrar according to the act is the Registrar-General or any other recognized assistant. The Partnership consist of two or more persons, who intend to run a business together.
For the registrar not to lawfully register the business, it means that the business might have one of the following faults;
- it does not meet up to the criteria of a partnership.
- it has a name which does not accurately represent it or is misleading.
- any of the participants is not psychologically fit to carry out the business.
- the documentation is faulty.
